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Busted a rear Rangie Spares flares off-roading this weekend. It was ripped at the bottom of it truck slid in a ditch on its rear side due to my 35-10.5 ET's narrow stance
How can I can repair it? Will car/boat fiber repair kit do it?
Should it break that easy?
96 Disco Gamel Trophy 36"*12.5 ET'II's, F&R ARB's,4.75 R&P GBR,GBR F&R
83 Rangie 2" OME Still Stock
The beaut thing about fibreglass is it is so easy to repair I am pretty sure standard fibreglass will be fine. It is pretty easy to work with, though I usually leave it up to my old man.
Luke
'88 Rangie, 3.9i, Bilstein Shocks and RS Springs, ARB Lockers F&R, 24spline rear axles, Flares, [url=http://users.on.net/~vethaak/Projects.htm]Custom centre console and cargo shelves[/url]
They are just standard fibreglass - easy to repair. Buy some fibreglass sheets, fibreglass resin and some fibreglass filler (powder) if you think there will be a big gap.
(1) clean all mud and dirt from both sides of crack, sand the area thoroughly and make the crack into a V shape on both sides.
(2) apply sheets and resin the normal way. I would be inclined to just glass the underside and fill the top side with resin/filler, otherwise you will have to sand the fibre mat back flush in the other areas.
Suggest you check with some boat builders (I know you know some)...they can help out, or call Jad Saleh as he is building some fiberglass bullbars (yeah, i know...) for the small yuppallas
LR Disco truggy:
42" Iroks, ZF, dual cases & ARBs, 30 splined, Longfielded, OMEs, Optimas, M8274-50s, Rockstomper rope & Bead-L
LR D-90 TD5 ST:
33" BFT AT, tuned, caged, 1/2 top
They are the best "look good " flares but the worst off road, they have no flex so crack on the first bump they get. Rubber is the best off road etc etc. All of the above will repair them, and when that is done " Nugget Boot Polish " the black greasy stuff, will bring them up like new, and old faded ones as well. Cheers.
Jack Flash wrote:They are the best "look good " flares but the worst off road, they have no flex so crack on the first bump they get. Rubber is the best off road etc etc. All of the above will repair them, and when that is done " Nugget Boot Polish " the black greasy stuff, will bring them up like new, and old faded ones as well. Cheers.
ahhh very good never crossed my mind i have been using 3m cutting liquid when i can be bothered
Bought a set second hand flares and one was broken. Looked at fibreglass repair kits and it appeared to be too much mucking around for me. Found a type of BOG at Supercheap Autos that was made to fill big holes. It actually has fibreglass mixed in with it. It drys very hard and strong. Bugger to sand back so make sure that you do not put too much on and put it on the inside rather than out. Use standard BOG to clean up the outside.
